Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Features Winter Kinder Concerts

Feb 1 at the Ypsilanti Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. at 10 and 11 am.

Feb 8 in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Downtown Branch of the Ann Arbor Library at 9:30 and 10:30 am.

Children learn about the sweet sound of woodwind instruments with Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra principal flute player, Penny Fischer, and are led through dance by Gari Stein to songs played by Fischer and pianist Kathryn Goodson. The movements help children enjoy music in an active way that encourages learning and creativity.

Gari Stein is the founder and director of Music for Little Folks and a highly sought-after early childhood educator who has developed music and movement curriculum for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

A former student of the legendary Jean-Pierre Rampal, Penny has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Opera Theater, and she has been the Principal Flute with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra since 1988. She has a BM from U-Iowa, an MM from U-M, and a DMA from U-Maryland. -- www.a2so.com